Adhesive Binders — Tightening the Belt

Adhesive binders need to handle thicker books and variable-thickness books, Hunt adds. Another factor is digital color covers, a result of shorter runs, which can't be folded without imposing cracking on the spine. Thus, supplementary equipment is needed for scoring.

Standard Finishing Systems offers the BQ 460, a followup to the BQ 440. It boasts elements to simplify setup and changeover, and contains features such as glue cutoff. Standard also has an off-line binder, the BQ 340S, and a digital three-knife trimmer, the HT-30.